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B26-0391 • 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Crime
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2026-02-27
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official metadata lists an expiration date of September 26, 2026, which aligns with a February effective date plus 225 days; however, the exact start date depends on mayoral approval and congressional review periods not fully detailed in the text.

Temporary Changes to Diversion Task Force Deadlines and Legal Notices

This law temporarily extends deadlines for a task force on prearrest diversion recommendations and allows certain legal notices about property and wills to be published in newspapers.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the deadline for the Prearrest Diversion Task Force to issue initial recommendations to no later than June 2025.
  • Sets a new deadline of July 31, 2026, for the task force to complete its work on diversion options.
  • Amends District law to allow legal notices regarding formal probate requests, foreign personal representatives owning property in D.C., and appointments to be published in newspapers or legal periodicals.
  • Applies these changes temporarily so that this act expires 225 days after it takes effect.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Prearrest Diversion Task Force
  • People who publish or read specific legal notices about property and wills in the District of Columbia

Terms To Know

Prearrest diversion
A process for certain misdemeanor offenses and categories of people to avoid arrest by following conditions, as recommended by a task force.
Legal periodical or newspaper of general circulation
Publications allowed under this law where specific legal notices about property and wills must be published.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law expires automatically after 225 days from its effective date.
  • The text does not list the specific misdemeanor offenses or categories of people covered by the diversion recommendations, only that they exist in prior laws.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-27 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0095, Effective from Feb 13, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 002684, Expires on Sep 26, 2026

  2. 2025-11-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0193 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 012875

  3. 2025-11-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  4. 2025-11-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0193

  5. 2025-11-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  6. 2025-10-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Nov 12, 2025

  7. 2025-10-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  8. 2025-10-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0391 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  10. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  11. 2025-10-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0391 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL,

INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA.
NOVEMBER 10,2025
‘Toamend,onatemporarybasis,section1507oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilforthe Districtof Columbia EstablishmentAct of 2001 tochange the dateby which the
PrearrestDiversionTaskForceshallissueinitialrecommendationsforprearrestdiversionofcertainmisdemeanoroffensesandcategoriesofpersonstoJuly2026;andtoamend
Title20oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodetoallowfornoticeofrequestforformalprobate,noticefromaforeignpersonalrepresentativeofadecedentwhoownedanypropertylocatedintheDistrictofColumbia,andnoticeofappointmenttointerestedpersons,creditorsandunknownheirsinalegalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict.
BEITENACTEDBY THECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthis,actmaybecitedasthe“PrearrestDiversionTaskForceRecommendationsTemporaryAmendmentActof2025”.
Sec.2.Section1507oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveJune8,2024(D.C.Law25-175;D.C.OfficialCode§22-4237),isamendedasfollows:
(a)Subsection(g)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Within3monthsaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDCOmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJune2025,”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(h)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Withinoneyearaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJuly31,2026,”initsplace.
Sec.3.Title20oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodeisamendedasfollows:
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
(a)Section20-323(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
(b)Section20-343(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneral,
circulationintheDistrict”initsplace.
(0)Section20-704(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
Sec.4,Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpact
statementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved.October16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
(@)ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetoby
theMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda60-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewasprovidedinsection602(c)(2)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C,OfficialCode§1-206.02(¢)(2)).
(b)Thisactshallexpireafter225daysofitshavingtakeneffect.
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Councilofthe Districtof Columbia

DistrictofColumbia.
APPROVED
NOVEMBER 10, 2025

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